River Concert July 21, 2017 St. Mary's College of MD

The Chesapeake Orchestra performed on July 21st at St. Mary's College of Maryland on the Townhouse Green at 7:30 pm.  Jeffrey Silberschlag conducted music of George Gershwin, including "I Got Rhythm" and the famous "Rhapsody in Blue", music by Cole Porter and a Medley from "La La Land", as well as many others.  The piano was brilliantly played by repeat solo performer Jeffrey Chappell.  The concert was slightly delayed due to warm conditions.

As a photographer, I tried to catch moments that showed the dexterity of the performers, smiles in the orchestra, peaks of the action and emotional moments; I photograph all the things that portray the thrill of watching a great performance and memories that a viewer will want to bring home with them.

Jeffrey Chappell, pianist and soloist

Concert Vendors in front of the pond 

 Arts Alliance donation buckets

 Bonnie Green opening the concert

 Brass

 Jose Cueto, Concertmaster

  

 Standing ovation

 Milad Daniari on Bass

 Bryan Bourne on trombone

 Jose Cueto 

 Heather Haughn, violinist

 Jeffrey Chappell, pianist

 Clarinet, (I think)

 Three Saxophonists

The ding of percussion

 Trumpet

Brass

Clazzical Jazz Tributary Concert July 22, 2017

I just posted photos of the Clazzical concert on July 22, starring Don Stapleson on Flute, Fred Lieder on Cello, Peter Fields on Guitar, and Jennifer Cooper, singer on my Facebook site.    The concert was part of the final weekend of the River Concert series.  To quote Don Stapleson's Clazzical Project business card, "Where classical meets Jazz in delightfully unexpected ways"  I liked that.  They were wonderful and fun.

Facebook Concert Link

 Jennifer Cooper, Don Stapleson, Peter Fields and Fred Lieder

 Final bow with flute, guitar and cello

Jennifer Cooper, a very expressive talented singer

To learn more about the Clazzical Project visit this link

Upcoming Southern Maryland Boat Club Vintage Regatta July 29-30

Jim's Boat Club is having their annual Vintage Power Boat Regatta this weekend, July 29-30 at the Leonardtown Wharf,  8 am - 5 pm.  All of the boats are antiques and there are no winners, but the club members all have a great time racing around the course. 

My husband, Jim, is looking forward to participating.  We seem to be having a few difficulties this year, but hopefully everything will go well.
  
Here are a few photos from previous years.

Jim

Rare Rained Out River Concert on July 14, 2017

A threatening storm and downpour cancelled a wonderful River Concert which would have featured a ballet, tango and clarinet Concerto by the Chesapeake Orchestra and friends at St. Mary's College of Maryland.

I photographed a few rehearsing musicians before the audience was requested to take cover from the impending thunderstorm.  I wished we had arrived earlier for more of the rehearsal.  If you have any photos taken of the rehearsal, please feel free to share them.

Jose՛ Cueto, Concertmaster

 The skies started looking ominous before it was strongly suggested to take cover from the storm.

 Our friend, Scott Jacoby, was still at work supporting the Newtowne Players

 After a downpour, the sun peaked out between the clouds, while one of the vendors had braced their tent from the storm. 

 Taking away the chairs.  This shot said it all!

 Mud

 Puddle reflection of the Arts Alliance tent

 Short sunset

 Jeffrey Silberschlag.  Oh well.  (The risks of holding an outdoor concert.)

 Reflections of the vendor trucks

Raindrops

Visit chesapeakeorchestra.org for upcoming concert information for next weekend.

Boat Race photo Featured in Prop Talk Magazine

The Southern Maryland Boat Club is having their third annual Regatta on July 28-30th at the Leonardtown Wharf.  My boat photo is featured in August 2017 Prop Talk Magazine on page 50 with an article by Jim Berry.

https://issuu.com/spinsheetpublishingcompany/docs/aug_pt_2017/1?ff=true&e=18283236/51122887

River Concert July 7, 2017 Choral Music

Larry Vote was the guest conductor at the River Concert at St. Mary's College of Maryland on Friday, July 7th on the Townhouse Green.  Larry's daughter, Olivia, was the special soloist, a former choir member and fellow soprano in my church choir.  Since then, she has performed in many operas around the country and fairly recently in Switzerland.  The RCS choir (including several friends) and the Chesapeake Orchestra performed "Gloria" by Vivaldi and Mahler's "Songs of the Wayfarer".  Olivia also sang some of her favorites and mine "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".

Olivia Vote (Mezzo soprano) Singing 

 Arts Alliance Volunteer

 Suzanne

 José Cueto, Concertmaster

 Olivia Vote Awaiting her Performance

 Larry Vote, Guest Conductor

 Olivia and Larry Vote

 Artistic Fun with the Sun

 River Series Choir (RCS) Members

 Crowd at Sunset

 Beverly Babcock

 Olivia Vote and choir soloists

 Graceful Conducting by Larry Vote

Flowers from Her Dad